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iPinch89 t1_iuxxxq6 wrote

Reply to comment by Adept-Bobcat-5783 in The average Aerospace salary is between $70k and $160k per year, based on salary reports of more than 500 aerospace professionals by Siglave

Understood, but you're talking a very, very small subset of the industry. Also, government salary is even lower than private.

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Adept-Bobcat-5783 t1_iuy2vud wrote

Agree but job security holds some value also and NASA pay is slightly lower than private. Some fields are actually decently paid . My buddy works there but in cyber security and makes about $150k plus the perks and it’s extremely laid back. I would assume that there are others making much more. I’ve worked at nasa but through a contractor and not directly. Strict but laid back. I met some specialist, nuclear physicist for example that I can’t imagine being underpaid but who knows nasa offers a lot of security. So it could possibly be the reason why. Small examples again but this is from my own personal experience. I would love to work there and my whole comment above was based on me envisioning working there lol.

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iPinch89 t1_iuy34xk wrote

I think it'd be a cool job. I work in industry and my job has a ton of security. I work on an airframe that won't be retired for at least another 10 years.

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